PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Faculty

 

Dr. Mohammed Haroun Assistant Professor Office:  Ruwais 3102 Email:  mharoun@pi.ac.ae Phone: +971 2 6075326

Dr. Mohammed Haroun recently completed two Doctoral Dissertations: Ph.D dissertation in Petroleum Engineering on EEOR in carbonate rock formations and Ph.D dissertation in Environmental Engineering on Feasibility of EK in-situ decontamination of Abu Dhabi offshore sediments from heavy metals. He has completed 5 of his 6 degrees in Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC): a B.S. with Honors in Mechanical (Petroleum) Engineering, an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering, an M.S. with Honors in Environmental Engineering (Energy & Environment), an Engineers degree with Honors in Petroleum Engineering (comprehensive Ph.D coursework) and a Ph.D with Honors in Environmental Engineering (Energy & Environment). He also completed his research at USC for his Doctorate in Petroleum Engineering while earning that Ph.D with High Honors from the University of the Americas in California. He has been on under a full scholarship throughout his cumulative education, where ADIA supported him for his first 3 degrees, and then USC stepped in with a full scholarship for his Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering only for ADNOC to offer him the full scholarship for the Engineers degree and two PhDs.
During Dr. Haroun’s graduate studies at USC, he has served as president of SPE student chapter at USC for one year and president of Pi Epsilon Tau, the International Petroleum Engineering Honor Society at USC for 11 years. USC has also presented him with an honor for outstanding contribution to the School of Engineering through his continuous efforts to bridge in the gaps between academia and the oil and gas industry. In addition, he earned two consecutive high achievement scholarship awards from SPE-Los Angeles Basin during his studies for his two M.S. degrees due to placement among the top of his programs. He also earned the placement among the top 10 U.A.E. national students studying in the U.S. receiving a gift of $10,000, from H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may he rest in peace.

Research Interests
His research areas of interest include EEOR/EOR/IOR, Electrokinetics (EK) applications in Petroleum Engineering, Electrically enhanced Oil Recovery (EEOR), Petroleum Economics, Heat Management in heavy oil recovery and Electrokinetics applications in Environmental Engineering - Electroremediation of coastal marine sediments.
Current Research Projects: Principal Investigator Production Chemistry Research Project responsible for feasibility of Electrokinetic technology to reduce scale formation due to undesirable materials available in combination of sea water and formation waters of ADCO oil fields – Total Budget $MM3.322

Publications

• M.R. Haroun, I. Ershaghi “Heat Management in Steam Floods without the Use of Temperature Observation Wells”, SPE 114227 - Presented at 2008 Western Regional Meeting of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) conference.
• G. V. Chilingar, M.R. Haroun, K.I. Bagrintseva “Examples of Fractured Carbonate Reservoir Rocks of Russia, and Relationship between Porosity and Permeability in Carbonate Rocks”. SPE 114177 - Presented at 2008 CIPC/ GTS Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) conference. Alberta, Canada
• M.R. Haroun, G. V. Chilingar, S. Pamukcu:“The efficacy of using electrokinetic transport in highly-contaminated offshore sediments”, Presented at the 8th symposium of Electrokinetic Remediation (EREM ) 2009. Lisbon, Portugal.
• H.A. Belhaj, B. Mtawaa, M.R. Haroun and G.F. Lay:”Optimization of 3-D Gas Permeability Measurement: Utilization of Field Data”, SPE/EAGE, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 19 – 21 Oct. 2009.
• M.R. Haroun, G. V. Chilingar, S. Pamukcu, K. Wittle:“The feasibility of using electrokinetic (EEOR) in carbonate rock formations of Abu Dhabi”, to be presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), December 7-9, 2009, Doha, Qatar.
• G. V. Chilingar, L. Khiluyk, M.R. Haroun:“Impact of Increasing Anthropogenic CO2 and CH4 Gases on Cooling of the Earth’s Climate”, to be presented at the SPE/International Oil & Gas conference January, 2010. Mumbai, India.

Publications (in-press):

• M.R. Haroun, G. V. Chilingar, S. Pamukcu:“The efficacy of using electrokinetic transport in highly-contaminated offshore sediments”, under peer review at the Journal of Electrochemistry - EREM 2009 special edition.
• M.R. Haroun, G. V. Chilingar, S. Pamukcu, K. Wittle “Electrokinetic technology and applications in Petroleum Engineering and Environmental Engineering”. Book under review to be published by Elsevier science and technology publishing press.

Committees at PI

• Member of Production Chemistry Research Project committee
• Member PI HSE Council, where he is responsible in designing the Environmental courses for the M.S. program in HSE